ISLAMABAD:
The Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) has approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) challenging the orders of the Sindh High Court (SHC) that stopped the recruitment process under the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE)-2024 and directed submission of confidential examination records before the court.
The petition seeks stay of the SHC orders dated May 14, 2026 and June 22, 2026, under which relief was granted to the unsuccessful candidates in the first hearing, followed by directions to seal, compile and submit their confidential examination records and answer scripts before the high court.
According to the SPSC, these instructions have effectively suspended its ongoing recruitment process. The matter is set to be heard on June 30 before an FCC division bench headed by Chief Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan.
Lawyer Hafiz Ahsaan Ahmad Khokhar represents the SPSC in court.
According to the petition, CCE-2024 was carried out strictly in accordance with the Sindh Public Service Commission Act, 2022 and Recruitment Management Regulations, 2023, for recruitment for various posts of the provincial civil service.
The commission maintains that the entire examination process was carried out transparently, fairly and in accordance with the legal framework.
The petition claims that the CCE-2024 advertisement was published on December 2, 2024 and attracted 26,742 applications. After scrutiny, a selection test was conducted on October 11, 2025 in which 11,179 candidates qualified for the written exam.
The written exam was conducted from December 22 to 29, 2025. Of the 4,340 candidates who appeared, only 70 qualified after evaluation of their answer scripts, and the result was declared on May 6, 2026.
Following the announcement of the results, seven unsuccessful candidates filed constitutional petitions alleging lack of transparency and irregularities in the examination process.
The SPSC maintains that the allegations are based on mere assumptions and are not supported by any evidence of fraud, malfeasance, manipulation or violation of applicable examination standards.
The commission claimed that the SHC Constitution Bench granted the relief in the first hearing without issuing notices to either the Sindh government or the SPSC.
He further stated that through its order dated June 22, the SHC directed that the confidential examination records and answer scripts of the petitioners be secured, sealed and produced before the court through the Hyderabad Sessions Judge.
The commission held that the court granted substantial interim relief without first determining the issues relating to maintainability, availability of alternative legal remedy and locus standi of the petitioners.
